Reminds of the scene in Forest Gump, "... one day, I just felt like running."
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Reminds of the scene in Forest Gump, "... one day, I just felt like running."
I don't see the attraction of biking across country. Seems like a lot of unnecessary misery. I mean, if you want to see the country, that's why God created cars and hotels. lol
Well, I'm trying to do it in such a fashion that it avoids the misery.
On a mountain bike on flat ground, I can maintain 12 mph. Therefore, 60 miles a day would mean biking for only about five hours out of the day. I intend to average about half that, with a couple weeks of buffer if needed. Therefore, I think that I can bike for about two and a half hours a day, which isn't much at all, especially if not done all at once. That should be a leisurely pace.
I'll also have a computer with me. Biking and coding, gaming, and banning spammers. Where's the misery in that?
I'm all for leisure. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
This sounds like it will takes months. You plan on camping or staying at hotels/motels?
Yes....to every part of that.
I expect it to take about five months, though I likely would have to speed up in the west, simply because my options for things like water and reasonable camping become farther apart.
As for lodging, there are places where only camping makes sense (at the pace I want to travel), and places where hotels are the only option. The rest of the time, it will depend on what I feel like...and laundry. Laundry can drive where I stay.
Press F7 for enlightenment.
I missed and hit F8....now I wallow in confusion:(
When I first started working for Allstate, we were still running a mainframe app where the cursor did absolutely nothing. We eventually migrated to a web based application (though it used the old mainframe app under the hood), but all of our documentation still had "F1 for help", "F2 to complete", or "F3 to cancel".
Or maybe it was F6 to cancel... it's been 13 years...
Well Autumn is definitely here now as today I've seen four squirrels scampering around the garden and running up and down trees. Their nut gathering has started in earnest.
My cursor keeps flashing me.
I thought we were, temps nice, mid 80's. But last two days were @ 100. Suppose to cool back down today.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2kaud
You're one day ahead. Today should hit the 90s, here, but will be much cooler tomorrow.
It's almost our typical fall, except that the temperatures seem higher.
Can you send us some - we've at 48 and wet :cry:
I wish. We'd be happy to trade for some water.
There's a chance that the fires will get going again. They weren't extinguished by the two storms that came through, as those storms didn't have all that much rain associated with them...and now it's dry and breezy, again.
I hope the winds don't shift around to the north. I've breathed in enough smoke for this year.
Some people were using apps that showed you the equivalent number of cigarettes you'd have to smoke each day to match just breathing this air. We were working on two packs a day.
Was given a bunch of bird cages on Fark to Photoshop. This came to mind:
https://www.vbforums.com/images/ieimages/2024/09/7.jpg
When I saw that you had posted to Post Race, I expected a picture.
I was right.
Maybe he's looking for a childless woman to take him in?
I guess this shop ruined his chances in finding one. :bigyello:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I guess I'm lucky that I only have to worry about floods where I live.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Air is hard to live without. Bad air is bad.
Mind if "I guess" again? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Our neighbors cat smelled up the entire stairwell since someone allowed him into the building in the middle of the night. It's been smelling like $hit for days!
I can't smell cat piss. It's pretty weird, really. For whatever reason, that smell just doesn't register with me. Poop I can smell, though, so if you are speaking literally, then I would be able to smell it.
Tomorrow it's suppose to go back up to 100 degrees. Don't remember 100 in October before. Got an endless summer going on here.
Uhhh. Here it's cold, windy and raining with a downpour of leaves! AAhhhhhhhhhh.
Yeah, our high today is 89 and the low is 72. It definitely feels like fall here.
There was frost on the grass as I was walking back from the gym this morning. The highs are still going to be fairly warm, with the 80s this weekend, but the nights are getting cold. Nice weather, really.
Shaggy, you got some real interesting politics in Idaho. Telling a native American to go back to where they come from. I wonder where he imagines that is. lol
Hard to say, he was from Illinois.
Did I forget to include the link to the article? Or was it removed for some reason?
He seems to fit right in with Idaho politics from the stories you've told. lol
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Originally Posted by wes4dbt
There's always the old joke: Where you from? My momma originally.
The article was about a debate between candidates for a state seat. The debate was held in the Clearwater River valley. Somebody asked the conservative candidate about discrimination and he said there wasn't any in Idaho. His opponent related that she had encountered discrimination a few times, and mentioned the Aryan nations compound in northern Idaho. At that point, the conservative candidate lost his mind. Among other things, he yelled at his opponent that she should, "go back to where you came from", and stormed off the stage. She was, of course, a member of the Nez Perce tribe, which was centered around the Clearwater, so she WAS home.
That's Idaho.
Oh yeah, he's almost certain to win, too.